Replacing device but keeping entity_id/long term statistics in HA

[e-raser]

Did you ever find a solution for this?

Found your topic after I ran into the very same question @

Replace entities and keep history (BREAKING CHANGE starting HA Core 2023.4)

I really think this needs more attention. So I deciced to make a dedicated topic out of the release notes blog post at 2023.4: Custom template macros, and many more new entity dialogs! - #621 by e-raser. According to 2023.4: Custom template macros, and many more new entity dialogs! - Home Assistant Home Assistant now keeps history when renaming entities Before: sensor.entity with statistics Renamed sensor.entity to sensor.entity_old Created a new sensor.entity using the same nam…